A man punched by a Clearfield convenience store owner during a fight in the gas station Wednesday afternoon has died.
Police said Brandon Stufflebean, 39, of Layton, went into the store at 680 N. Main St. at 1 p.m. and got into an argument with the store owner about buying a drink, according to a police department news release. The store owner eventually punched Stufflebean in the face.
Stufflebean was found unconscious in the parking lot soon after. He had a “serious head injury." According to the news release, he died just before 3 p.m. Thursday.
Police have not arrested in anyone in the case, and said the store owner is cooperating with the ongoing investigation. Assistant Chief Devin Rogers said investigators are trying to determine if the store owner acted in self-defense, among other things.
He declined to release any more information on the case. The state medical examiner will determine Stufflebean’s cause of death.
